Americium-241 is used in smoke detectors. It has a first order rate constant for radioactive decay of

Question:

Americium-241 is used in smoke detectors. It has a first order rate constant for radioactive decay of k = 1.6 × 10-3 yr -1. By contrast, iodine-125, which is used to test for thyroid functioning, has a rate constant for radioactive decay of k = 0.011 day-1.
(a) What are the half-lives of these two isotopes?
(b) Which one decays at a faster rate?
(c) How much of a 1.00-mg sample of each isotope remains after 3 half-lives?
(d) How much of a 1.00-mg sample of each isotope remains after 4 days?
Fantastic news! We've Found the answer you've been seeking!

Step by Step Answer:

Related Book For  book-img-for-question

Chemistry The Central Science

ISBN: 978-0321696724

12th edition

Authors: Theodore Brown, Eugene LeMay, Bruce Bursten, Catherine Murphy, Patrick Woodward

Question Posted: